This is a great time of year. After the busyness of the holiday season and the recent year-end, we look forward with hope and optimism to all that is in front of us – a year filled with possibility. Many of us make resolutions to help stay motivated and focused on our goals.

Throughout my legal career, the themes of creativity, technology, operational efficiency, and organizational strategy have repeatedly surfaced as major influences and priorities driving my daily work – topics not commonly associated with the traditional practice of law.

In today’s interconnected world, legal disputes transcend borders and languages. The frequency of cross-border litigation will only continue to rise as global business interactions surge and regulatory complexities multiply.

For nearly two decades, technology-assisted review has been used in e-discovery matters to reduce costs, increase efficiencies and speed up manual review of documents for the purposes of production. The technology most commonly behind current TAR models is supervised machine learning, a subset of AI.

In today’s global and interconnected world, organizations are constantly seeking innovative ways to gain a competitive edge, and one strategy getting traction is the use of offshore talent. From lawyers to legal technical skills, the corporate and law firm worlds are relying more and more on those outside the U.S. for the expertise and resources necessary to deliver their core services.